Verse 12

But{G1161} when Jacob{G2384} heard{G191}{(G5660)} that there was{G5607}{(G5752)} corn{G4621} in{G1722} Egypt{G125}, he sent out{G1821}{(G5656)} our{G2257} fathers{G3962} first{G4412}.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:1-9 : 1 Now when Jacob{H3290} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that there was{H3426} corn{H7668} in Egypt{H4714}, Jacob{H3290} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto his sons{H1121}, Why do ye look{H7200}{(H8691)} one upon another? 2 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} that there is{H3426} corn{H7668} in Egypt{H4714}: get you down{H3381}{(H8798)} thither, and buy{H7666}{(H8798)} for us from thence; that we may live{H2421}{(H8799)}, and not die{H4191}{(H8799)}. 3 And Joseph's{H3130} ten{H6235} brethren{H251} went down{H3381}{(H8799)} to buy{H7666}{(H8800)} corn{H1250} in Egypt{H4714}. 4 But Benjamin{H1144}, Joseph's{H3130} brother{H251}, Jacob{H3290} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} not with his brethren{H251}; for he said{H559}{(H8804)}, Lest peradventure{H6435} mischief{H611} befall him{H7122}{(H8799)}. 5 And the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} came{H935}{(H8799)} to buy{H7666}{(H8800)} corn among{H8432} those that came{H935}{(H8802)}: for the famine{H7458} was in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}. 6 And Joseph{H3130} was the governor{H7989} over the land{H776}, and he it was that sold{H7666}{(H8688)} to all the people{H5971} of the land{H776}: and Joseph's{H3130} brethren{H251} came{H935}{(H8799)}, and bowed down{H7812}{(H8691)} themselves before him with their faces{H639} to the earth{H776}. 7 And Joseph{H3130} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} his brethren{H251}, and he knew{H5234}{(H8686)} them, but made himself strange{H5234}{(H8691)} unto them, and spake{H1696}{(H8762)} roughly{H7186} unto them; and he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Whence{H370} come{H935}{(H8804)} ye? And they said{H559}{(H8799)}, From the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667} to buy{H7666}{(H8800)} food{H400}. 8 And Joseph{H3130} knew{H5234}{(H8686)} his brethren{H251}, but they knew{H5234}{(H8689)} not him. 9 And Joseph{H3130} remembered{H2142}{(H8799)} the dreams{H2472} which he dreamed{H2492}{(H8804)} of them, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Ye are spies{H7270}{(H8764)}; to see{H7200}{(H8800)} the nakedness{H6172} of the land{H776} ye are come{H935}{(H8804)}. 10 And they said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Nay, my lord{H113}, but to buy{H7666}{(H8800)} food{H400} are thy servants{H5650} come{H935}{(H8804)}. 11 We{H5168} are all one{H259} man's{H376} sons{H1121}; we are true{H3651} men, thy servants{H5650} are no spies{H7270}{(H8764)}. 12 And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Nay, but to see{H7200}{(H8800)} the nakedness{H6172} of the land{H776} ye are come{H935}{(H8804)}. 13 And they said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thy servants{H5650} are twelve{H8147}{H6240} brethren{H251}, the sons{H1121} of one{H259} man{H376} in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}; and, behold, the youngest{H6996} is this day{H3117} with our father{H1}, and one{H259} is not. 14 And Joseph{H3130} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, That is it that I spake{H1696}{(H8765)} unto you, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ye are spies{H7270}{(H8764)}: 15 Hereby{H2063} ye shall be proved{H974}{(H8735)}: By the life{H2416} of Pharaoh{H6547} ye shall not go forth{H3318}{(H8799)} hence, except your youngest{H6996} brother{H251} come{H935}{(H8800)} hither. 16 Send{H7971}{(H8798)} one{H259} of you, and let him fetch{H3947}{(H8799)} your brother{H251}, and ye shall be kept in prison{H631}{(H8734)}, that your words{H1697} may be proved{H974}{(H8735)}, whether there be any truth{H571} in{H854} you: or else{H3808} by the life{H2416} of Pharaoh{H6547} surely ye are spies{H7270}{(H8764)}. 17 And he put them all together{H622}{(H8799)} into ward{H4929} three{H7969} days{H3117}. 18 And Joseph{H3130} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them the third{H7992} day{H3117}, This do{H6213}{(H8798)}, and live{H2421}{(H8798)}; for I fear{H3373} God{H430}: 19 If ye be true{H3651} men, let one{H259} of your brethren{H251} be bound{H631}{(H8735)} in the house{H1004} of your prison{H4929}: go{H3212}{(H8798)} ye, carry{H935}{(H8685)} corn{H7668} for the famine{H7459} of your houses{H1004}: 20 But bring{H935}{(H8686)} your youngest{H6996} brother{H251} unto me; so shall your words{H1697} be verified{H539}{(H8735)}, and ye shall not die{H4191}{(H8799)}. And they did{H6213}{(H8799)} so. 21 And they said{H559}{(H8799)} one{H376} to another{H251}, We are verily{H61} guilty{H818} concerning our brother{H251}, in that{H834} we saw{H7200}{(H8804)} the anguish{H6869} of his soul{H5315}, when he besought{H2603}{(H8692)} us, and we would not hear{H8085}{(H8804)}; therefore is this distress{H6869} come{H935}{(H8804)} upon us. 22 And Reuben{H7205} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Spake I{H559}{(H8804)} not unto you, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Do not sin{H2398}{(H8799)} against the child{H3206}; and ye would not hear{H8085}{(H8804)}? therefore, behold, also his blood{H1818} is required{H1875}{(H8738)}. 23 And they knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not that Joseph{H3130} understood{H8085}{(H8802)} them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter{H3887}{(H8688)}. 24 And he turned himself about{H5437}{(H8735)} from them, and wept{H1058}{(H8799)}; and returned to them again{H7725}{(H8799)}, and communed{H1696}{(H8762)} with them, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} from them Simeon{H8095}, and bound{H631}{(H8799)} him before their eyes{H5869}.
• Gen 43:2 : 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up{H3615}{(H8765)}{H398}{(H8800)} the corn{H7668} which they had brought out{H935}{(H8689)} of Egypt{H4714}, their father{H1} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Go again{H7725}{(H8798)}, buy{H7666}{(H8798)} us a little{H4592} food{H400}.